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409, Lot: 131. Estimate $100.
Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277/6-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.80 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation of Amphipolis mint issue in the name of Alexander III struck circa 275-272/1 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Macedonian helmet in left field, monogram below throne and in exergue. For prototype: cf. Price 624; cf. Mathisen, Administrative VI.5; cf. HGC 3.1, 1040. Fine, toned, test cuts on obverse.


From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.